Lisp Machine - Possible? Desirable?

[Squizzler]

You and Liam are on the same page. According to the transcript of his presentation:

Windows NT is just a second cousin to Unix: instead of a Unix-like design, it’s a DEC VAX/VMS-like design, implemented in Unix languages with Unix tools. Its design just accepts that what’s inside files may have complex structure.

We both agree with the thrust of what the author says concerning “technical debt” of today’s main operating systems. Returning to a post above:

@michals

On the other hand, with robust application isolation through namespacing and other techniques such as provided by modern microkernel systems the services could be moved towards the data - that is the user could safely execute random code from the internet provided by other users or service providers, and service providers could safely execute code provided by the user to query their databases.

I am assuming you refer to Genode amongst others. I’m surprised the author did not consider that as a possible foundation for his new Lisp / Smalltalk environment (he has certainly mentioned it in his previous writings), but perhaps it would not fit in with his narrative of reviving old technologies for the future?